Garment-supporter



J. ETZEL. GARMENT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.2I. I917- 1,328,504, Patented Jan. 20, 1920.

TIFIIEJHI' W/ Mrs-5E5- jy/ayTo/e UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN ETZEL, OF EAST PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

Application filed August 27, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN E'rznL, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in garment supporters and more particularly to garters. One object is to provide a gar ter that is of siniple construction, eflicient in operation and cheap to manufacture. With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the combina tion and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter fully described, pointed out in the appended claim and illustrated in the, accompanying drawing which forms a part of this specification and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a garter constructed according to my present invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view of Fig. l with the clamping bars in open position.

Fig. 3 is an edge view of Fig. :2.

Like reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout.

e garter comprises an elastic band 1 provided with a pad 2 that carries a buckle 3, said pad being formed with a triangular perforation i and provided adjacent its free end with a button 5. A rib 6 formed in the pad serves to retain the one-piece angular clamping bar 7 which depends over the aperture 4 for engagement with the said button 5, said bar being bent to form one closed end 8 which is in engagement with the said Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 20, 1920. Serial No. 188,389.

rib (5 by which the bar is supported. The sides of the member 7 extending from the closed end 6 are bulged or humped as at 9 to permit easy engagement and operation by the fingers of the operator. Beyond the humps 9 the sides of the bar are crossed and terminate opposite each other in the regularly curved portions 10, 10 adapted for frictional engagement with the button 5.

The garment to be supported is placed in engagement with the said button 5 and the curved bar-ends 10,then engage the same and yieldingly retain the garment againstsaid button. Each side of the member 7 is offset between its hump 9 and curved end 10 to facilitate the engagement of the ends 10 with the stem of the button 5.

lVhat is claimed is Ina garment supporter, a clasp formed with one closed end, the sides of said clasp being crossed and terminating in oppositely disposed regularly curved extremities, said sides being formed with oppositely disposed humps between the closed end and the point at which they are crossed, said sides, further, being formed with oflset portions between said humps and the said curved extremities, said offset portions being disposed in opposite directions whereby the tips of the curved extremities are caused to lie one above the other.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN ETZEL.

Witnesses:

NICK F 6NHWALD, Ronnnr OIPRIS. 

